TITLE VIII
PUBLIC DEFENSE AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS

CHAPTER 110-D
INTERSTATE COMPACT ON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR MILITARY CHILDREN

ARTICLE VI

Section 110-D:7

    110-D:7 Eligibility. –
I. Eligibility for enrollment.
(a) Special power of attorney, relative to the guardianship of a child of a military family and executed under applicable law, shall be sufficient for the purposes of enrollment and all other actions requiring parental participation and consent.
(b) A local education agency shall be prohibited from charging local tuition to a transitioning military child placed in the care of a non-custodial parent or other person standing in loco parentis who lives in a jurisdiction other than that of the custodial parent.
(c) A transitioning military child, placed in the care of a noncustodial parent or other person standing in loco parentis who lives in a jurisdiction other than that of the custodial parent, may continue to attend the school in which he/she was enrolled while residing with the custodial parent.
II. Eligibility for cocurricular participation. State and local education agencies shall facilitate the opportunity for transitioning military children's inclusion in cocurricular activities, regardless of application deadlines, to the extent they are otherwise qualified and eligible.

Source. 2014, 308:1, eff. Sept. 30, 2014.